Drillia wolfei
| Drillia wolfei | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Drillia |
| Species: | D. wolfei |
| Binomial name | |
| Drillia wolfei Tippett, 1995 [1] | |
Drillia wolfei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 20 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Western Atlantic off North Carolina, in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
References
- ↑ Tippett, D.L. (1995) Taxonomic notes on Western Atlantic Turridae (Gastropoda: Conoidea). The Nautilus, 109, 127–138.
- ↑ Drillia wolfei Tippett, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 October 2011.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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